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: Why isn't there mass damper for sportscar/supercars


Timpo
10-05-2013, 04:41 PM
I'm sure all the people who have played with Mini 4WD were wondering...why isn't there mass damper for sportscars?

It seems like only Mini 4WD and F1 machines ever had them.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/xNFtlbN79lE/maxresdefault.jpg
http://www.planeterenault.com/UserFiles/Image/sport/f1/2008/australie/Mass_Dampers2.jpg

as you can see, it is quite an effective device to stabilize a car.
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Stiig
10-05-2013, 05:00 PM
http://assets.diylol.com/hfs/4fe/25a/cfb/resized/pauad-meme-generator-excuse-me-wtf-is-this-shit-8eddbc.jpg

Good point

finbar
10-05-2013, 05:12 PM
because weight

hud 91gt
10-05-2013, 05:21 PM
WTF is mini 4wd?

meme405
10-05-2013, 06:21 PM
Because the car would probably look retarded with that kind of solution built onto it. The mass would likely need to be upwards of 1/8 of the cars weight to have any discernible impact, and therefore would be quite large and ugly. Also as posted above, you are adding weight to the car which most companies try to avoid as they spend millions on making them as lightweight as possible.

Gridlock
10-05-2013, 09:12 PM
"Hey! So I was looking at pictures on google and now think I'm smarter than every engineer in the automotive industry."

-said no one ever
-Michael Scott

asian_XL
10-05-2013, 10:47 PM
why shouldn't we have this

Bose Active Suspension - Leaping Lexus - YouTube

yray
10-05-2013, 11:07 PM
^Mercedes-Benz TV: MAGIC BODY CONTROL TV commercial "Chicken" - YouTube

smoothie.
10-05-2013, 11:37 PM
So when the car gets pitched up the weight shoots up lifting the car more?

Timpo/10 would read again
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Timpo
10-22-2013, 10:52 PM
WTF is mini 4wd?

Mini 4WD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ae101
10-23-2013, 04:55 AM
sorry my mini 4wd never really has a damper set up, i had bigger roller setup just for corning & that was it

u must be ballen if u had a damper on your mini 4wd car
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